Put up-Christmas snow will affect journey

Thursday December 25, 2025 — Christmas Day will likely be largely uneventful by way of climate throughout Western New York. A chilly entrance starved of moisture will drop throughout the area within the afternoon, bringing perhaps just some flurries, in any other case, anticipate seasonable temperatures within the 30s with a lightweight breeze out of the northwest earlier than colder air strikes in for the night.

Conditions will change in an enormous method on Friday, nevertheless. Despite a reasonably innocuous begin to the day, an approaching clipper system from central Canada will dive via the decrease Great Lakes and into the Ohio Valley. This system will deliver an accumulating snowfall to a lot of Western New York and the Finger Lakes, however it should additionally deliver sleet and freezing rain to components of the area as nicely.

This system will transfer in with a northwest to southeast orientation with the attendant heat entrance tons of of miles to our southwest. The line demarcating snow and ice will straddle components of the Southern Tier and the Chautauqua ridge, whereas many of the remainder of the area will obtain some slushy snow (additional west) or a extra average, shovelable snow (north and east). Should this technique observe additional west, extra snow for all. Should it observe additional east, extra ice and sleet, and fewer snow for all throughout the area. See some potential snow quantities for WNY under.

This being mentioned, if you’re driving out of city on Friday, will probably be greatest to depart within the morning to get forward of as a lot of the system as attainable. Flights will seemingly be impacted by this technique as nicely.. The excellent news is that Saturday will likely be a a lot quieter day for journey.